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    Alexander Mcqueen

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    Alexander McQueen Born in the east end in 1970‚ Alexander McQueen was to become the most influential designer in British fashion. Influencing the high heeled shoe right through to suit tailoring‚ his extensive knowledge changed the face of contemporary fashion. Growing up in a council flat in Stratham‚ Lee McQueen lived with his taxi driver father and science teacher mother. Dropping out of school at age 16‚ McQueen devoted himself entirely to British fashion. Saville Row tailors Anderson and

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    Jane Wang Second draft research paper Jul 30h‚ 2012 Alexander McQueen “Creativity is a very fragile thing‚ and Lee was very fragile‚” said the milliner Philip Treacy‚ who had worked with Alexander McQueen. McQueen‚ a British genius fashion designer creating a large amount of provocative works in last two decades‚ committed a suicide because of the suicide of Isabella Blow and the loss of his mother‚ who were two important supporters of his design (Wilson 89)

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    December 15‚ 2012 Alexander McQueen Alexander McQueen was born March 17‚ 1969 in Lewisham‚ London. He was the youngest of six children. He knew he wanted to be a fashion designer when he started making dresses for his three sisters at a young age. He left school at 16 to go on an apprenticeship with Savile Row where he earned his reputation in the fashion world. He attended Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and earned a masters degree in fashion design. McQueen has been credited

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    Victimisation - Alexander McQueen Victimisation The contemporary designer whose design philosophy best reflects Evan’s analysis of McQueen’s representations on the theme of ‘Victimisation’ is the label Victor & Rolf. Victor & Rolf’s design philosophy is ‘originality and traditions‚ glamour‚ avant-garde‚ conceptual- couture’ (FashionTraveler.com‚ 2011:1). The Victor & Rolf collection I have chosen from is Autumn/Winter 2008/2009 in order to illustrate my views and compare to Alexander McQueen’s work

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    Fashion Fundamentals Final Paper Christian Dior and Alexander McQueen There are many designers in the fashion industry. Few make some kind of an impact on fashion but most designers rarely have any impact at all. It is truly a once in a generation that designer comes along and completely alters the fashion universe and becomes a legend. Two examples of fashion designers that are this rare are Christian Dior and Alexander McQueen. Christian Dior’s life span was before mine but his great

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    McQueens Themes: If there was ever a designer whose soul intention was to encompass the victim and the survivor in his creations‚ it would be McQueen. As his collection grew so did his need to empower woman‚ transforming the weak and incapable through his garments; he created a warrior‚ uncovered beauty when it wasn’t visible to the untrained eye and romanticised what most would view as tragic. In doing so he managed to capture the attention of the fashion world as a whole‚ despite being misunderstood

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    McQueen was known for his lavish‚ unconventional runway shows. McQueen has been credited with bringing drama and extravagance to the catwalk. He used new technology and innovation to add a different twist to his shows and often shocked and surprised audiences. The silhouettes that he created have been credited for adding a sense of fantasy and rebellion to fashion. “VOSS” SPRING/SUMMER 2001 THEATRE IN FASHION ‘Voss’ stands out in the array of Mcqueen’s unconventional runway shows. It is also known

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    Alexander Mcqueen Legacy

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    pieces revealing a naked Michelle Olley covered in moths. The image (above‚ figure 8)‚ was based on a piece by American photographer Joel-Peter Witkin. Alexander McQueen not only used his heritage as inspiration but other artists. This specific collection just comes to show the extent to how extreme and broad fashion can be. McQueen’s legacy Alexander McQueen’s suicide in 2010 did not mean an end to his influence. On the contrary‚ it has only developed further from there. His name still holds an immense

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    The British fashion designer and couturier Alexander McQueen has also been influential to me. McQueen was known for his theatrical‚ dark and extravagant work. For several seasons‚ he created series of pattern on pattern suits. Pattern on pattern work is seen in Watchmen and Schnick Schnack Jungle. Schnick Schnack Jungle is made up of found objects which I connected together to create original miniature sculptures. I then painted a repetitive pattern composed of many different sizes. This has the

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    Modernity in Fashion

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    nikolina olsen-Rule // 2006 When aLL ThaT IS SoLID MeLTS InTo FaShIon - FaShIon’S FLIRT WITh MoDeRnITy Figure. 1. From Alexander McQueen’s show‚ ”What a merry-go-round”(AW 2001-02). Photography: hansen-hansen.com. nikolina olsen-Rule‚ external Lecturer‚ University of Århus Research Assistant // Danmarks Designskole // 2006 “From ‘heroin chic’ to Alexander McQueen‚ the distressed body of much 1990s fashion exhibited the symptoms of trauma‚ the fashion show muted into performance and a new

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